What is BandsInTown and Why You Should Use It ?

First, I must say that I am not endorsed by BandsInTown for writing this article. I just love their product because I think it’s amazing. Also, we tried Bandsintown with our themes and it so easy to use ! You will like it.

What is Bandsintown ?

Bandsintown is a free live concert discovery app available on Facebook, iOS devices, and Android devices. The app lets fans track their favorite artists and receive email or mobile notifications when they or similar bands are playing in the user’s area. As an artist, you MUST be discovered and get new fans. In October 2014, Bandsintown was one of Business Insider’s world’s greatest apps.[5] The Bandsintown Concerts app has more than 19 million registered users and is available in over 210 countries.[6]

Bandintown is all about being discovered and increasing social engagement with your fans.

Bandsintown Manager is the app that artist will use the most to promote their concert. It gives artists an incredible platform to connect with their fans. The app saves valuable time, optimizes tour promotion, and increases fan social engagement.

Bandsintown Manager is a suite of concert marketing tools for performers that allows them to list tour dates, promote events and facilitate direct contact with their fans.Tour dates loaded into Bandsintown Manager are turned into fully functional Facebook events that artists can sync to their websites and social media. The app is used by more than 300,000 artists including Wiz Khalifa, Lorde, Steve Aoki, Paramore and Maroon 5.Bandsintown sends more than 5 million fans to ticketing sites every month.

Some Stats

Bandsintown is used by 65% of all touring artists in the U.S.

70% of DJ Magazine’s top 100 DJ’s use it

80% of “Billboard Hot 100” songs are by an artist using Bandsintown manager

Maxime Jutras is the CEO of IronTemplates, a creative studio that specializes in design and development of WordPress themes for Music Bands and Musicians. He's also the founder and CEO of MotionInDesign, a web agency located in Montreal, Canada.